YEEEESSSSS!!!!! My Peacock dress decided to play nice and the toileing is all done! Can you believe it... I can't. No sleeve drama, less than 75 toiles, barely any drama. It's a miracle I tell you! See this frock was meant to be.

The underdress was pretty much just sewing up all the pins and markings from the fitting last night. Somehow I ended up with some fullness in the center front of the bodice but since it's not going to show anyway I just gathered it and eased it in. I kinda like it... I may even add some gathering on the top to the net overlay.

The beaded bodice was based on the underdress bodice and went together without any fuss. I love working with sleeveless garments!

Now to work on the finial beading design so I can order me some beads! :>

That is extremely helpful, lack of pattern notwithstanding! How do the S-curve come into it? I've seen pictures of women in them, but never understood the design/engineering that makes an S-curve different from other mid/late Victorian corsets.

This is kind of related, so I'll throw it in: I've been wondering, as of late, whether or not a long underbust girdle like the Rago 1294 could conceivably work as a teens-era underbust corset, especially for a slender person (which I, admittedly, am not). Unlike a corset, it has stretch, but it seems like it gives a similar shape, squishing in the hips more than the waist. I have to imagine it would work in a pinch, though finding the right bra to go with it could be tricky.

Thanks so much! I was a little worried about how flattering it would be but I already feel like a pretty, pretty princess and that is in the whackado toile fabrics... a good sign I think. :> I just can't wait to get to the beading...